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there trailer wheels so there probably easy to find my dad found some 14's like them but he needs one more to have four but we have a extra set of 15's like his but need tires, so i need to drill the hubs for 6 lug swap so we can have a 14's and 15's for my dads brat or for mine:brow:

Lol, I am trying. Time is getting scarce and we have a little one on the way in a few months. They way I see it I have til January to finish this and then my free time is over. But I can always work late at night.

Not a really big update but I did want to show you all what can be done with some ingenuity.

My steering wheel was atrocious, period. It was cracked all over and that odd flaky crap was coming off of it all. I found that you can scrape off a topcoat of this stuff with a razor blade. So I scraped down the spokes of the wheel and the back housing. It is smooth as can be now and looks soooo much better. I then sprung some supreme 80's nostalgia on The Squirrel, a Sport Grip wheel wrap.

Wow, this is cool. I basically have a thread for my own enjoyment. Guess posting all of this is not worth responses?!

Oh well, I will keep it going for now.

Got my jumpseats figured out finally. I had to grind off all of the old mounts and some other odd welds that were in the bed. There were two large bolts going through the middle and they were all rusted and needed to go. But these also gave me the idea of where to mount the main tie-in for the frame of the jump seats.

I used some angle iron to make new mounts for the two outside supports of the frame.

To make the center mount though it would need to contour the bed lines. What to do? I decided to get some flat bar and get creative. I needed to fill those two large holes fairly well so I knew I needed 1/2" bolts. Grade 8 of course. I made some measurements and had at it.

But I kept thinking I needed even more support so I decided to use a flat bar on the bottom as well for the perfect sandwich.

Everything lined up perfectly and the seats clear the headrests by about 1/2" as I wanted. I will finalize the welds later today, clean it all up, prime and paint. This will look awesome and function as well. If I ever need to remove the seats they come out with 4 bolts in a few minutes.

BTW, I did my bracket a bit differently. I used two pieces of angle iron and 4 nuts welded in below the bed. Here's the old thread. Scroll down a bit and you'll see the pics of my setup. It's been painted since then and looks great.

Your BRAT is cool as hell dude. That wheel and tire combo is awesome. I'm going to do the same setup on The Desert Fox. I think the only bummer to owning a BRAT would be having to drive while all your friends would be having fun in those jumpseats.

Go to start the Brat and she won't go and battery dies. No big deal I put a tender on the battery for a day. Well I come back and the battery is crackling and expelling air/gas I assume. Maybe the dead cells are getting too much too fast? I have 12.9 volts by the way.

Go to start the Brat and the the key turns and I have lights and chime for a half second and nothing. Not a damn thing coming through. I check fuzes and all are good. She is completely not responding.

So because I am learning an old car is it the starter solenoid? Could the battery have done this?